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| CARNEY POOLS FISHERY Land off Bishton Lane Wolseley Bridge Stafford, ST18 0XD Carney Pools is situated off Bishton Lane, near to A51 at Wolseley Bridge, on the outskirts of Rugeley, Staffordshire. Grid Ref. SK0320. SITE DETAILS Carney Pools consists of two established pools in a picturesque 12 acre setting. The site is fully accessible. Damsel Pool is 1.3 acres in size, approx 3ft to 5ft in depth. Dragon Pool is 1.4 acres in size and is 3ft to 8ft in depth. Both pools are lined with mature and newly planted trees and well spaced fishing pegs. The main species in Damsel Pool are tench, roach, bream, gudgeon, chub and a very strong fishing head of carp around 3-4 lb. This is a great pool for beginner and serious anglers alike and is also available for private matches but these are limited to stop over fishing of the pool. The Damsel Pool can be booked for club matches with the match record standing at 96lbs. The Dragon Pool is for the more serious angler with tench to 5lb, roach, bream and perch. Common carp up to 18.9lb have been landed (2008), also mirrors and some nice specimen leather carp. Hot/cold drinks and confectionery can be purchased from the lodge. There is ample safe parking adjacent to both pools. Cctv on site and fully accessible toilets. Prices 2010: £6 per day, max two rods. £4 for concessions and juniors per day, max two rods. Evening ticket after 5pm £4 RULES Barbless hooks only Dragon Pool max hook size 6 Damsel Pool max hook size 12 N.B. Hook checks are made No surface fishing Keepnets in matches only No Braid All landing nets must be dipped upon arrival The fishery insists that unhooking mats are used for all large carp. Please dip mats before use if taken out of your net bag wet. Mats can also be hired from the lodge. Please read all rules as on fishery notice board upon arriving. If in doubt please ask. BAIT BANS Trout pellet Nuts Boilies Bloodworm/joker Catfood/Dogfood Floating baits | WINTER OPENING From the 1st of January 2010 the pools will open from 8am until dusk. LATEST NEWS K G B Angling club fished on the Damsel Pool Saturday 6th February. 1st 33lb carp to maggot 2nd 25lb carp and silvers to maggot and corn/pellet 3rd 14lb silvers and carp Fish were slow to start with the majority being caught after lunch. A little more breeze may have helped too. The weekend 23rd and 24th January, saw a few anglers return to fish the Damsel Pool. Frank Holt and some of his friends fished the Damsel Pool with pleasing results. Seven anglers all caught silver fish and several carp each, the heaviest carp being 8lb in weight. Top weight of the day was a net of fish 25lb, followed by 24lbs and then 19lbs. The fish needed some tempting but winning baits were pellet and sweetcorn after the initial maggot! MATCH/EVENT INFORMATION Saturday 31st October 2009 Club matches have now finished which means that both pools are available at all times over the weekends for pleasure fishing. MATCH WEIGHTS/EVENTS 2009 Friday 30th October 2009 A great day was had by the groups of children and parents that visited our site for a fishing day experience. Everyone caught something which ranged from roach to carp. Peg 21 on the Damsel Pool produced some fantastic carp into double figures! Meir & Longton A C Sunday 25th October 2009. 1st C Hudson, peg 10, 52lb 8oz to meat 2nd P Hocky, peg 6, 39lb 10oz to meat 3rd G Seabridge, peg 4, 23lb 5oz to cheese 4th G Breaton, peg 23, 22lb 2oz to maggot Everyone caught a good end to the season! Smallthorn A C Sunday 18th October 2009 1st A Gillian, peg 6, 46lb 11oz white pellet on the pole 2nd Mick ?, peg 8, 39lb 7oz, pellet and cheese 3rd S Love, peg 14, 32lb 13oz pellet 4th S Justice, peg 7, 27lb 13oz corn. Fair weights for the time of the year and everyone caught. Lea Hall A C Saturday 10th October 2009 1st Aide Cattell, peg 23, 70lb 2oz pellet on the pole 2nd Kev Wood, peg 6, 61lb 4oz, pellet 3rd Matty Barwell, peg 14, 50lb 4th Clive Nixon, peg 15, 37lb 9oz included several large skimmers 5th Tony Maj, peg 11, 29lb chopped worm and pellet All caught with many back up weights in the high twenties. Red Horses A C Sunday 11th October 2009 1st J Steeden, peg 16, 36lb 2nd T Gear, peg 4, 30lb 8oz 3rd N Duke, peg 3, 25lb 4th J Lainton, peg 20, 18lb S Jones Angling Sunday 4th October 2009 The morning started off with a cold bite but weights were fair to good when we think that it is now October! 1st C Bagnall, peg 6, 41lb 13oz 2nd D Williams, peg 16,36lb 2oz 3rd C Hodgkiss, peg 7, 27lb 8oz 4th S Bagnall, peg 10, 23lb 10oz Twenty anglers in the match and everyone caught. Match Results for Lea Hall A C Saturday 26th September 2009 1st Matt Barwell, peg 13, 54lb 8oz to meat 2nd Geoff Leese, peg 23, 46lb 9oz to meat 3rd Clive Nixon, peg 20, 22lb 8oz to corn. All caught but high pressure conditions and lack of rainfall may have contributed to lower match weights. Broc Metals A C Saturday 20th September 2009 1st no name, peg 4, 24lb 12oz Macoroni cheese 2nd no name, peg 9, 24lb 5oz 3rd no name, peg 3, 17lb 12 fished and all caught! Red Horses A C Sunday 13th September 1st Derek Taylor, peg 22, 30lb, carp to corn 2nd John Leighton, peg 23, 28lb 8oz 3rd J Sheedon, peg 13, 27lb 4th R Lakin, peg 11, 23lb Fishing was "hard", two cold nights may have been the reason, plenty of fish in the swims but they were not keen to feed! Catches on Dragon Pool This last week has seen some good catches on pegs 1, 2, 6, 8 ,9 14 and 18. The carp seem to be getting their "heads down" and feeding. There has been some good sized bream and tench showing too. Soft hooker pellet and sweetcorn have been the baits, together with meat and worm. Results for Rosevilla A C Sunday 6th September 2009 1st L Quirk, peg 23, 89lb 0oz, feeder with sweetcorn 2nd J Kendall, peg 4, 58lb 12oz, paste 3rd D Harrison, peg 6, 29lb 8oz, feeder 6mm pellet 4th K Smith, peg 18, 22lb 6oz paste and feeder 6mm pellet. Fifteen anglers fished and all caught! Match Results for Essington A C Sunday 30th August 2009 1st P Simmons, peg 20, 65lb 12oz on the method feeder 2nd M Miles, peg 9, 24lb 6oz 3rd A Brown, peg 16, 24lb 4th A Vage, 23lb The rain from Friday night didn't help the catches but everyone caught! Ten anglers fished from Perkins Angling Club Saturday 22nd August 2009 1st John Causer, peg 20, 92lb 14oz on paste to the pole 2nd Jason Causer, peg 18, 38lb 8oz 3rd W Rayson, 28lb 4oz 4th D Reeves, 25lb 5th Mark Stones 21lb All caught! Results for Red Horses Sunday 23rd August 2009 Results to come in, but the winning weight was 91lb. Hawkins A C Sunday 16th August 1st Roger Hunter, peg 20, 44lb 14oz, double corn and red maggot on the rod 2nd John Humphreys, peg 14, 32lb 9oz, pellet 3rd Dave Humphreys, peg 15, 27lb 2oz, feeder with corn Stafford Gas Anglers Saturday 15th August 2009 1st Robin Dale, peg 10, 58lb 12oz 2nd Paul Clive (All in Tackle), peg 19, 54lb 8oz 3rd Simon Simpson, peg 18, 42lb 4th Bert Bunker, peg 5, 34lb 3oz 5th Glyn Baker, peg 4, 33lb 12oz We have had some good catches of carp off pegs 1, 8, 9, 10 and 18 on the Dragon Pool. Double corn, luncheon meat and pellet seem to be the in baits at the moment. Results for Aldridge A C Sunday 9th August 2009 1st A Tonks, peg 4, 31lb:7oz 2nd C Williams, peg 17, 25lb:10oz 3rd D Swanwick, peg 3, 16lb:9oz Red Horses A C (match same time as Aldridge A C) 1st T Reason, peg 14, 40lb:4oz 2nd N Duke, peg 17, 21lb:12oz 3rd T Gear, peg 11, 13lb:0oz Results for Red Horses A C Sunday 19th July 2009 1st D Taylor, peg 23, 38lb 8oz 2nd J Lainton, peg 19, 34lb 8oz 3rd T Gear, peg 21, 33lb 0oz 4th p Lankester, peg 2, 22lb 0oz The match between Staffordshire Youth Anglers (SYA) and Stoke Angling for Everyone (SAFE) saw SAFE taking the cup with a group win of 2lb 6oz more than SYA. Good weights for a three hour match. The day was enjoyed by all. Match Results for S Jones A C Sun 12th July 2009 1st C Jackson, peg 23, 92lb 11oz, just 3lb 6oz under the site record! 2nd D Barns, peg 10, 47lb 10oz 3rd M Griffiths, peg 7, 43lb 3oz 4th "Jimmy", peg 14, 36lb 5th C Hodgkiss, peg 9, 33lb 10lb A good match for a club that had not fished the pool before. Nineteen fished in total. Match Results for Lea Hall A C Saturday 4th July 2009 1st Aid Cattell peg 21, 66lb 11oz to pellet 2nd Jason Brown peg 23, 57lb 12oz to pellet 3rd Matty Barwell peg 6, 42lb 7oz 4th Mark Green peg 7, 39lb 6oz 5th Tony Maj peg 9, 34lb Match Results for Rosevilla A C Sunday 28th June 2009 1st Derek O'Dell 41lb 2oz to corn 2nd Ken Smith 27lb 9oz Other weights not obtained. Match Results for Stafford Gas Anglers Saturday 13th June 2009 1st Paul Clive (All in Tackle), peg 9, 48lb 2nd Jon Godwin, peg 17, 26lb 3rd Bert Bunker, peg 5, 23lb 12oz 4th Tony Jones, peg 20, 17lb Match Results for Hawkins A C Sunday 14th June 2009 1st D Humphries, peg 18, 59lb 8oz pellet feeder 2nd J Humpheries, peg 16, 25lb 6oz pole feeder 3rd R Hunter, peg 10, 20lb pellet feeder 4th B Stanaland, peg 15, 19lb 6oz pole feeder 5th D Lynch, peg 13, 17lb 5oz pole feeder Match Results for Stoke on Trent Disabled Anglers A C Sun 7th June 2009 Weather conditions were severe, with heavy down pours and blustery winds. 1st peg 7, Alan Minshall, 14lb 6oz 2nd peg 21, Martin Humle, 10lb 11oz 3rd peg 22, Gary Brookes, 9lb 11oz 4th peg 5, Gary Haynes, 8lb 10oz Eleven anglers fished and everyone caught. Match Results for Red Horses A C Sun 31st May 2009 1st V Lakin, peg 7, 43lb 2nd P Lankester, peg 11, 21lb 12oz 3rd N Duke, peg 18, 20lb Sunday saw carp spawning in both the Damsel and Dragon Pool so consequently weights were down. However, Monday saw some good catches from both pools, with Dragon Pool producing some good sized fish into double figures. Match Results for Lea Hall A C Sat 23rd May 2009 1st Trevor Pritchard, peg 19, 59lb 11oz pellet on the pole 2nd Nige Rimmer, peg 3, 50lb 15oz 3rd Ade Cattell, peg 15, 42lb 4th Matty Barwell, peg 6, 34lb 1oz Match Results for Essington A C Sunday 17th May 2009 1st P Simmons, peg 12, 52lb 9oz 2nd A Page, peg 6, 29lb 4oz 3rd M Collison, peg 3, 24lb 8oz 4th S Sminton, peg 1, 24lb 3oz. FOR INFORMATION ON FISHING CONTACT: 07814 237211 If you are interested in anything to do with carp fishing, visit: www.carpinfo.co.uk | |||||||
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